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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  The 
  principal 
  religious 
  ceremonies 
  are 
  connected 
  with 
  changes 
  in 
  

   the 
  seasons. 
  13 
  The 
  March 
  ceremony 
  at 
  Palomino 
  is 
  to 
  ask 
  protection 
  

   of 
  the 
  sun 
  against 
  sickness 
  during 
  the 
  coming 
  rainy 
  season; 
  the 
  

   September 
  rites 
  are 
  to 
  bring 
  rain 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  moderate 
  the 
  dry 
  season 
  

   and 
  in 
  every 
  way 
  to 
  insure 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  food. 
  

  

  The 
  religion 
  of 
  the 
  lea 
  is 
  apparently 
  similar 
  in 
  broad 
  outline 
  to 
  that 
  

   of 
  the 
  Cdgaba, 
  but 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  elaborate 
  features 
  of 
  Cdgaba 
  

   practice 
  and 
  belief 
  seem 
  absent. 
  In 
  both 
  cases, 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  

   Christian 
  beliefs 
  and 
  practices 
  is 
  clearly 
  evident. 
  The 
  importance 
  

   of 
  confession 
  and 
  penance 
  as 
  means 
  of 
  absolving 
  the 
  sinner, 
  the 
  conflict 
  

   of 
  good 
  and 
  evil 
  in 
  the 
  spirit 
  world 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  afterworld 
  of 
  the 
  dead, 
  

   and 
  many 
  other 
  indications 
  of 
  Christian 
  influence 
  point 
  to 
  significant 
  

   modifications 
  in 
  the 
  content 
  of 
  belief 
  and 
  practice. 
  

  

  MYTHOLOGY 
  

  

  Extensive 
  collections 
  of 
  the 
  myths 
  of 
  the 
  Sierra 
  Nevada 
  remain 
  to 
  

   be 
  made. 
  The 
  material 
  recorded 
  by 
  Preuss 
  (1919-26, 
  p. 
  133 
  ft\), 
  

   however, 
  suggests 
  that 
  the 
  Cdgaba 
  tales 
  deal 
  largely 
  with 
  religious 
  

   affairs. 
  The 
  supernatural 
  beings, 
  the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  world, 
  the 
  

   control 
  of 
  the 
  demons, 
  the 
  ancestors 
  of 
  the 
  priests 
  and 
  their 
  conflicts 
  

   with 
  the 
  malignant 
  demons, 
  and 
  the 
  songs 
  and 
  dances 
  conferred 
  on 
  

   the 
  priests 
  are 
  themes 
  that 
  stand 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  myths. 
  Whether 
  purely 
  

   secular 
  tales 
  dealing 
  with 
  other 
  themes 
  are 
  current 
  should 
  be 
  deter- 
  

   mined. 
  

  

  BIBLIOGRAPHY 
  

  

  Bolinder, 
  1924, 
  1925; 
  Brettes, 
  1898, 
  1903; 
  Castellanos, 
  1886; 
  Celedon, 
  1886, 
  

   1892 
  a, 
  1892 
  b; 
  Julian, 
  1787; 
  Knowlton, 
  1944; 
  Mason, 
  1931,1939; 
  Nicholas, 
  1901; 
  

   Piedrahita, 
  1688; 
  Preuss, 
  1919-26; 
  Rosa, 
  1833; 
  Ruthven, 
  1922; 
  Seifriz, 
  1934; 
  

   Sievers, 
  1886, 
  1888; 
  Sim6n, 
  1882-92; 
  Taylor, 
  1931; 
  Todd 
  and 
  Carriker, 
  1922. 
  

  

  18 
  See 
  Preuss, 
  1919-26, 
  p. 
  106 
  fl., 
  for 
  a 
  full 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  important 
  rites. 
  

  

  